Damn, Cracked is spot on, yet again: Getting out of poverty requires massive sacrifices. This is the part that seems to be the hardest for others to understand, because the easy answer is Well, no shit, I sacrifice hobbies, sleep, and even time with my family for my career. If I can do it, you can do it, too, Poor Person! But urging someone to sacrifice is making a huge, unspoken assumption: that they have something to sacrifice in the first place. If theyre unemployed, theyre in a Catch-22 where they need a car and a working phone to get a job, but they need a job to afford a car and a working phone (and yes, if you are lacking both of those things, your application is almost certainly going in the trash -- they wont hire somebody they cant call in for work on short notice). Read more: cracked/blog/the-4-types-people-welfare-nobody-talks-about/#ixzz35yOCCqjt
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:52:23 +0000